NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) I-Corps offers researchers unique opportunities to learn how to turn discoveries into new technologies and to participate in the national innovation ecosystem. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published December 23, 2019 at 03:41PM Read more at nsf.gov

Science Zone Whether you're a teacher, student, or just fascinated by science, the NSF Science Zone app will ignite your imagination. Featuring hundreds of exciting videos and high-resolution photos from a dozen areas of science, you can spend hours absorbed in discoveries that take you from the depths of space, to the wonders of the unimaginably small, to the far corners of our own planet. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/apps/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published December 23, 2019 at 06:05AM Read more at nsf.gov

NSF's 10 Big Ideas Since 2017, NSF has been building a foundation for the Big Ideas through pioneering research and pilot activities. In 2019, NSF will invest $30 million in each Big Idea and continue to identify and support emerging opportunities for U.S. leadership in Big Ideas that serve the Nation's future. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published December 23, 2019 at 06:21AM Read more at nsf.gov

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